Articles tagged with: Chevrolet

It doesn’t seem more than five minutes since we here last year for the test weekend, but looking back, so much has happened since then. So what are my Le Mans expectations this year? LMP1 is much closer with a big question hanging over reliability and the real, albeit remote, prospect of an LMP1 privateer team being on the top three podium on Sunday afternoon. Le Mans … [Read more...]

Act Four...
As you can imagine from the title, this is my fourth visit to the most prestigious of all European car beauty contests, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013, and it was just as interesting for me as the first one was.
The story – not mine but the Concorso’s – started in 1929, making it the oldest event of its kind and through sponsorship by BMW, this … [Read more...]

Le Mans 24H 2013 has come and gone and Virtual Motorpix was there for race week capturing the action and the stories behind the scenes. Check out our website for the latest photos. We will continue to put up more over the coming days. This year the event was unfortunately marred by the death of Aston Martin driver Allan Simonsen; many are still in shock following this … [Read more...]

Launched at the Statler Hilton hotel in Detroit city centre on September 29, 1966 as a ’67 model, the Camaro hit the ground running in an attempt to make up for lost time on Ford’s Mustang which had burst onto the stage in 1964. While General Motors had not read the signs which pointed to the youth becoming increasingly affluent and mobile, resulting in the birth of the ‘pony … [Read more...]

We are barely a month into the season and already on May 1st we have witnessed the third round of the BTCC races at Thruxton, reputedly the fastest circuit on the championship calendar. And what a humdinger of a race it turned out to be with three rounds being held on the day. Honda enjoyed the lion’s share of the podium with Gordon Sheddon taking the honours in race 1 with … [Read more...]

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